They said a lot of the same bullshit about Reagan when he won. It wasn't anywhere near as bad as they fearmongered.
I just want to say one thing before I head to bed. I'm firmly in favor of fixing a broken system. But blowing it all to hell seems like a bad policy. Hopefully we get more of the former and less of the latter. Time will tell.
The times are more similar than it may seem. Followed a weak president. The election was a referendum on the previous guy. Numerous foreign policy failures. Economy in malaise. Unpopular with the party machine. &c The two people are very different, though. Reagan was a governor, had a staff ready to transplant from California to D.C. and hit the ground running. Both entertainment industry veterans.
Give him a chance, keep him on a very short leash. I'm not very happy about him as president, but I wouldn't be happy with the other party's alternative, either. Hopefully congress will keep him in check and he serves one term and we get two quality candidates next time.
Trump has 255 electoral votes now, which means he needs only 15 more to win. His victory is all but guaranteed at this point. Any of the following wins by Trump will end the night and assure the presidency: Michigan Pennsylvania Arizona & New Hampshire Arizona & Maine Arizona & Minnesota And those are just the easiest paths. A Clinton victory at this point is going to require each of the above victories.
Reagan's message was "if you want real change, I am that change." Shining city on the hill (make america great again)
@Denny Crane maybe I'm too wedded to my minor in history and am deathly allergic to authoritarians. This feels like an inflection point. I hope I'm wrong.
think he still does away with term limits? reigns in the lobbyists? "reduce the corrupting influence of special interests"? that would be cool
My Father told me a week ago Trump would win, said just like Reagan people were afraid to admit they were going to vote for him. Back then people thought it was a joke a movie star was running.
